期刊名称：International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability
电子版ISSN：2289-8948
出版年度：2015
卷号：2
期号：4
页码：301-316
DOI：10.11113/ijbes.v2.n4.98
语种：English
出版社：Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
摘要：Metro Johor is one of the fast emerging metropolitan urban centers where its current progress and spatial transformation have made it a key player in the economic growth of Malaysia. The recent creation of the Iskandar Malaysia,an economic strategy which aims to be a global player as potential destination for high-value investments,has certainly added social,environmental and economic stress to its urban citizens. This paper intends to develop urban livability indicators for Metropolitan Johor anchored on the changing urban complexion in the face of climate change,economic,governance,social and cultural dynamics,among others. The urban livability conundrum of Metro Johor illustrates that indicators are imperative,especially policybased indicators,which would aid to scale-up the desired progress according to urban livability metrics. The study involves iterative 3-rounds of Delphi blind survey with Likert scale’s degree of agreement,and finally assigning weightings to each sub-indicator. Thus,with the expertstakeholders involvement,constituting broad-sectoral community representation,a robust and appropriate urban livability index for Metro Johor was generated - a comprehensive framework yet prospective benchmark in appropriating timely policy decisions that would redound to the benefit of urban citizens ensuring a livable Metropolitan Johor.
